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PATENT rricE.

CANNING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 331,065, dated November 24, 1885.

Application filed September 19, 1885. Serial No. 177,553. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES KINNEY, residing at WVoodland, in the county of Yolo and State of California, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Canning Apparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of my invention. Fig. 2is a vertical section through the line a: 00.

My invention relates to devices for cooking by steam fruits and other vegetables for canning; and it consists in the combination of devices hereinafter described aud claimed.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the manner in which I have carried it out.

It is well understood that in cooking fruits for canning a certain amount of steam is absolutely necessary, and to secure the necessary amount of steam in a boiler small enough to be conveniently handled by housekeepers and to successfully utilize the same is the object of my present invention.

In the drawings, A represents the seat for the boiler B. This seat is constructed to be placed over any oil or other small stove suited for the purpose, and is provided with the perforations a, to create the necessary draft in the stove and admit of the escape of the products of combustion. It is also provided with the lugs a, which, resting on the top of the stove, hold the seat steadily in position. The bail G is attached to the seat by ears, in the usual manner, and serves for lifting the seat and boiler and handling them as may be desired.

The boiler B is made with the inclined bottom 12, which is provided with two or more pockets, b I), for the purpose of increasing the heating-surface and of holding for a time the heat before it passes up the inclined sides of the bottom to the perforations a. By this construction I am enabled to secure in a small boiler a sufficient amount of steam to secure the proper cooking of the fruit in the jars D; but this construction forms no part of my in vention. The opening in the top of the boiler is closed by means of a screw-cap, E. This cap is removed when water is to be introduced into the boiler, the upper half of which forms the steam-chamber F, divided into two compartments. by the wall f, for a purpose hereinafter explained. From each of the compartments passes out a pipe, G, to which is coupled the flexiblepipes G, reaching to the jars holding the fruit or vegetables to be cooked and canned.

It is evident that if one of the cans be filled with fruit, and the other only partially filled, the steam in the chamber F would escape through the pipe offering the least resistance, and therefore the full jar would fail to receive its share of the steam, and the contents would not be cooked. To avoid this difficulty the wall f is introduced into the steam-chamber F, so-as to allow the steam to pass regularly to each of the two pipes. If the stop-cock on either of the pipes be closed, the whole strength of the steam will then force its way around the wall f and find an exit through the open pipe. This feature of my invention I regard as essential to its success.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a canning apparatus, the boiler B, provided with the division-wallf, inclined sides I), and pipes G, entering the boiler upon each side of the division-wall, substantially as herein described.

JAMES KINNEY. 

